Ink Master finally has a return date on Paramount+. The hit reality competition series that was canceled in 2020 will be back Sept. 7 on the streamer — and with a new host.
Joel Madden, lead vocalist for the pop/punk band Good Charlotte and co-founder of music companies Veeps and MDDN, will emcee. Former Ink Master winner Ryan Ashley, celebrity tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado and industry veteran Ami James will serve as judges.
Former host Dave Navarro is also returning as the Master of Chaos and will introduce crazy twists and game-changing bombs to the competition.
In the new, 10-episode season, fan-favorite artists will return to compete in the ultimate tattoo competition. The artists will face new challenges seen in the battle to win $250,000 and the title of “Ink Master.” The show first launched in 2012 and spawned a number of spinoffs, including Ink Master: Grudge Match.
The show was canceled in 2020 at the Paramount Network because the cabler was looking to refocus its strategy on television movies and mini-series. Last year, Paramount+ decided to bring back the format.
Ink Master is executive produced by Glenda Hersh, Steven Weinstock and Andrea Richter. Benjamin Hurvitz, Jessica Zalkind and Tim Palazzola serve as executive producers and Donny Hugo Herran as executive in charge of production for MTV Entertainment Studios.
Show is from MTV Entertainment Studios and Truly Original.
Ink Master
2012
Paramount+
14 Seasons
197 Episodes
Dave Navarro, Chris Nunez from “Miami Ink” and Oliver Peck will comprise the judging panel
Ink Master Season 15 is yet to be announced by Paramount+
Current Show Status
Ink Master Season 15 — not renewed yet
Aired Wed 10/19/2022 Let the Sparks Fly Season 14: Episode 8
Airs Wed 10/26/2022 Episode 9 Season 14: Episode 9
Episodes
Season 14 Season 13 Season 12 Season 11 Season 10 Season 9 Season 8 Season 7 Season 6 Season 5 Season 4 Season 3 Season 2 Season 1 Specials
1 | Legends Return | Sep 7, 2022 |
2 | A Work of Art | Sep 7, 2022 |
3 | Devil's in the Details | Sep 14, 2022 |
4 | Match a Master | Sep 21, 2022 |
5 | Master Mash Ups | Sep 28, 2022 |
6 | Up in Flames | Oct 5, 2022 |
7 | Panes of Pressure | Oct 12, 2022 |
8 | Let the Sparks Fly | Oct 19, 2022 |
9 | Episode 9 | Oct 26, 2022 |
10 | Episode 10 | Nov 2, 2022 |
1 | Rep Your Region | Jan 7, 2020 |
2 | Clash of the Collages | Jan 14, 2020 |
3 | Teamwork Makes the Dream Work | Jan 21, 2020 |
4 | Battle Lines | Jan 28, 2020 |
5 | Out of Your Element | Feb 4, 2020 |
6 | Off the Chain | Feb 11, 2020 |
7 | Head Spin | Feb 18, 2020 |
8 | Sugar Rush | Feb 25, 2020 |
9 | Artistry on the Line | Mar 3, 2020 |
10 | Every Artist for Themselves | Mar 10, 2020 |
11 | From Toast to Toast | Mar 17, 2020 |
12 | Last Draw | Mar 24, 2020 |
13 | There Can Only Be One | Mar 31, 2020 |
14 | Compose Yourself | Apr 7, 2020 |
15 | Race to the Finish | Apr 14, 2020 |
1 | The Ink Will Speak For Itself | Jun 11, 2019 |
2 | A Storm Is Brewin' | Jun 18, 2019 |
3 | Down to the Wire | Jun 25, 2019 |
4 | The Hunter & The Hunted | Jul 2, 2019 |
5 | The Art Stands Alone | Jul 9, 2019 |
6 | Art of War | Jul 16, 2019 |
7 | Sabotage | Jul 23, 2019 |
8 | Pins & No Needles | Jul 30, 2019 |
9 | Drawing Alliances | Aug 6, 2019 |
10 | By Accident Or By Design | Aug 13, 2019 |
11 | Roll Of The Dice | Aug 20, 2019 |
12 | Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is | Aug 27, 2019 |
13 | Moving Pictures | Sep 3, 2019 |
14 | Unfriendly Fire | Sep 10, 2019 |
15 | Step Up Or Shut Up | Sep 17, 2019 |
16 | Battle of the Sexes Finale | Sep 24, 2019 |
1 | Opening Shots | Aug 28, 2018 |
2 | Not On My Watch | Sep 4, 2018 |
3 | Right On Target | Sep 11, 2018 |
4 | No Wrist, No Reward | Sep 18, 2018 |
5 | That's Gonna Leave A Mark | Sep 25, 2018 |
6 | Fight Your Own Battles | Oct 2, 2018 |
7 | No Wasted Space | Oct 9, 2018 |
8 | Chalk This Way | Oct 16, 2018 |
9 | Tipping the Scales | Oct 23, 2018 |
10 | Put Up Or Shut Up | Oct 30, 2018 |
11 | In Deep Waters | Nov 13, 2018 |
12 | Too Hot to Handle | Nov 20, 2018 |
13 | Who's Got The Power? | Nov 27, 2018 |
14 | What Are You Crayon About? | Dec 4, 2018 |
15 | Prelude to a Bloodbath | Dec 11, 2018 |
16 | Grudge Match Finale | Dec 18, 2018 |
1 | Pick Your Side | Jan 9, 2018 |
2 | Fill'er Up | Jan 16, 2018 |
3 | Divine Proportion | Jan 23, 2018 |
4 | Step It Up | Jan 30, 2018 |
5 | Ink on the Dotted Line | Feb 6, 2018 |
6 | Chin Up | Feb 13, 2018 |
7 | Eye of the Tiger | Feb 20, 2018 |
8 | Pane in the Glass | Feb 27, 2018 |
9 | Ink Raider | Mar 6, 2018 |
10 | Some Assembly Required | Mar 13, 2018 |
11 | Quit Buggin' Me | Mar 20, 2018 |
12 | Total Meltdown | Mar 27, 2018 |
13 | Monkey See, Monkey Do | Apr 3, 2018 |
14 | No Stain, No Gain | Apr 10, 2018 |
15 | Final Exam | Apr 17, 2018 |
16 | Return of the Masters Finale | Apr 24, 2018 |
1 | Fire & Ice | Jun 6, 2017 |
2 | Crossing the Line | Jun 13, 2017 |
3 | Unnatural Disasters | Jun 20, 2017 |
4 | Lend Me Your Ear | Jun 27, 2017 |
5 | War and Ink | Jul 11, 2017 |
6 | Get the Flock Outta Here | Jul 18, 2017 |
7 | On the Bubble | Jul 25, 2017 |
8 | Masterpiece Mayhem | Aug 1, 2017 |
9 | Pin-Up Panic Attack | Aug 8, 2017 |
10 | Drill Baby, Drill | Aug 15, 2017 |
11 | Grim Inker | Aug 22, 2017 |
12 | Pit Fall | Aug 29, 2017 |
13 | Sell Out | Sep 5, 2017 |
14 | Casting the First Stone | Sep 12, 2017 |
15 | Marathon to the Finale | Sep 19, 2017 |
16 | Shop Wars Finale | Sep 26, 2017 |
1 | Weeding Out the Weak | Aug 23, 2016 |
2 | The Game Begins | Aug 30, 2016 |
3 | Ruffled Feathers | Sep 6, 2016 |
4 | Put on Your Armor | Sep 13, 2016 |
5 | Sparks Fly | Sep 20, 2016 |
6 | Sticky Situation | Sep 27, 2016 |
7 | New School, Old Scars | Oct 4, 2016 |
8 | Bent Out of Shape | Oct 11, 2016 |
9 | Head Games | Oct 18, 2016 |
10 | Like Sand Through the Hour Glass | Oct 25, 2016 |
11 | Duck and Cover Up | Nov 1, 2016 |
12 | Road to the Finale | Nov 8, 2016 |
13 | Heavy Lifting | Nov 15, 2016 |
14 | Bio-Mechanical Failure | Nov 22, 2016 |
15 | No One is Safe | Nov 29, 2016 |
16 | Peck vs. Nunez (LIVE) | Dec 6, 2016 |
1 | Initiation | Mar 1, 2016 |
2 | One Man's Trash | Mar 8, 2016 |
3 | Salt in the Wound | Mar 15, 2016 |
4 | The Devil's in the Details | Mar 22, 2016 |
5 | New School, Old Artist | Mar 29, 2016 |
6 | Under Pressure | Apr 5, 2016 |
7 | Knuckle Sandwich | Apr 12, 2016 |
8 | Breathing Fire | Apr 19, 2016 |
9 | Sink or Soar | Apr 26, 2016 |
10 | Shipwrecked | May 3, 2016 |
11 | Head in the Game | May 10, 2016 |
12 | Turning the Tables | May 17, 2016 |
13 | Revenge Live | May 24, 2016 |
1 | Meet Your Maker | Jun 23, 2015 |
2 | Fight or Flight | Jun 30, 2015 |
3 | Sink or Swim | Jul 7, 2015 |
4 | Tut for Tat | Jul 14, 2015 |
5 | Problem Parts | Jul 28, 2015 |
6 | Firing Lines | Aug 4, 2015 |
7 | Predator/Prey | Aug 11, 2015 |
8 | Composed and Exposed | Aug 18, 2015 |
9 | Like a Moth to the Flame | Aug 25, 2015 |
10 | Hell on Wheels | Sep 1, 2015 |
11 | Hail Mani | Sep 8, 2015 |
12 | Slitting Throats | Sep 15, 2015 |
13 | Player's Choice | Sep 22, 2015 |
14 | Active Duty | Sep 29, 2015 |
15 | Go Big or Go Home | Oct 6, 2015 |
16 | Master vs. Apprentice Finale | Oct 13, 2015 |
1 | Inking with the Enemy | Sep 2, 2014 |
2 | Pin Up Pittfalls | Sep 9, 2014 |
3 | Head to Headache | Sep 16, 2014 |
4 | Geishas Gone Wrong | Sep 23, 2014 |
5 | Glass on Blast | Sep 30, 2014 |
6 | Cheek to Cheek | Oct 7, 2014 |
7 | Three's a Crowd | Oct 14, 2014 |
8 | Ink My Oosik | Oct 21, 2014 |
9 | Virgin Blood | Oct 28, 2014 |
10 | Cold Blooded | Nov 4, 2014 |
11 | Up in Smoke | Nov 11, 2014 |
12 | Heads Will Roll | Nov 18, 2014 |
13 | Painstaking Portraits | Nov 25, 2014 |
14 | Firing Squad | Dec 2, 2014 |
15 | Fight to the Finale | Dec 9, 2014 |
16 | Ink Live | Dec 16, 2014 |
1 | Earn It! | Feb 25, 2014 |
2 | Bug Out | Mar 4, 2014 |
3 | Tatt Ganged | Mar 11, 2014 |
4 | Nude & Tattooed | Mar 18, 2014 |
5 | X Men's Hugh Jackman | Mar 25, 2014 |
6 | 2 on 1 Tat-Astrophe | Apr 1, 2014 |
7 | Artist Slaughter | Apr 8, 2014 |
8 | Ink Master Explosion | Apr 15, 2014 |
9 | Fighting Dirty | Apr 22, 2014 |
10 | Tag Team Tatt | Apr 29, 2014 |
11 | Karma's a Bitch | May 6, 2014 |
12 | Fight to the Finish | May 13, 2014 |
13 | Ink Master Live | May 20, 2014 |
1 | Baby Got Back | Jul 16, 2013 |
2 | Thrills for Grills | Jul 23, 2013 |
3 | Fire and Lace | Jul 30, 2013 |
4 | Elysium Challenge | Aug 6, 2013 |
5 | Baby Beat-Down | Aug 13, 2013 |
6 | Animal Instinct | Aug 20, 2013 |
7 | Monumental Mistakes | Aug 27, 2013 |
8 | Baby Don't Go | Sep 3, 2013 |
9 | Skulls and Villains | Sep 10, 2013 |
10 | Eyes of the Beholder | Sep 17, 2013 |
11 | Heroes and Heads | Sep 24, 2013 |
12 | Enduring the Pain | Oct 1, 2013 |
13 | The Epic Finale | Oct 8, 2013 |
1 | Tattooing the Dead | Oct 9, 2012 |
2 | Naked 911 | Oct 9, 2012 |
3 | The 80 Year Old Virgin | Oct 16, 2012 |
4 | Tattoo Her What? | Oct 23, 2012 |
5 | Trick or Freak | Oct 30, 2012 |
6 | Half Naked and Fully Loaded | Nov 6, 2012 |
7 | Star Wars Forever | Nov 13, 2012 |
8 | Holy Ink | Nov 20, 2012 |
9 | Buck Off | Nov 27, 2012 |
10 | Blowing Chunks | Dec 4, 2012 |
11 | Better Than Words? | Dec 11, 2012 |
12 | The Bigger They Are | Dec 18, 2012 |
13 | Ink Master Live | Dec 18, 2012 |
1 | Fresh Meat | Jan 17, 2012 |
2 | Botched Head Tattoo | Jan 24, 2012 |
3 | Pasties and a Cameltoe | Jan 31, 2012 |
4 | Ink Disaster Piece | Feb 7, 2012 |
5 | Game On | Feb 14, 2012 |
6 | Permanent Mistakes | Feb 21, 2012 |
7 | Picture Imperfect | Feb 28, 2012 |
8 | Ink Master Revealed | Mar 6, 2012 |
1 | You Choose Live | Sep 2, 2014 |
2 | Merry Ink | Dec 23, 2014 |
3 | New Year's Ink | Dec 30, 2014 |
4 | Most Infamous | Jan 6, 2015 |
5 | Master vs. Master | Jun 23, 2015 |
6 | Hallowink | Oct 27, 2015 |
7 | Cupid's Ink | Feb 9, 2016 |
8 | Sirens of Ink | Mar 1, 2016 |
9 | The Decision | Aug 23, 2016 |
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